What’s New?
May 5th
Hello reader and welcome back. We have had a busy week and we have some exciting news in store. For starters, on May 12th and 13th, RABBLE REVIEW will be tabling its first event. Me (Andrew Adjei) and Angel Neri will be attending Lit-Chella at Riverside City College. For those who don’t know, Angel and I, attended RCC. I think we had some overlap during our time there, but I actually didn’t meet Angel until I had already left RCC to complete undergrad. We both served as editors for the schools literary journal, MUSE, and we met at their 2018 book launch. It would be another two years when we finally decided to create something together. So in a way, MUSE is responsible for the RABBLE REVIEW you all know and love. And now that same MUSE is hosting a three day literary event, complete with readings, workshops, and more. We will be there and we will have a table. If you’re in So-Cal, please stop by! I just ordered a bunch of stickers and pins, so please come and take them from me. We will also have a craft for you to complete. If you want. You will want. Trust me.
The event is from 10am to 2pm and we will be attending on Tuesday and Wednesday. Blame my boss for us missing the third day. Boo! Speaking of bosses and overworked laborers, happy May Day.
In other news, we will be sending out our first wave of letters this week. Unfortunately, it’s not the happy kind. Rejection letters are always the hardest, and this time it was even harder. We had a very competitive submission haul. The works that did not survive the initial wave will be finding out first. If you submitted work and do not hear from us this week, it means that you may still be in the issue. It also means you may not. But, you can at least rest assured that we struggled extra hard on whether to include your piece or not. Another bit of news to share is that this submission pile will very likely be two issues. We’re hoping to have Issue 10 out this summer, and Issue 11 will be ready by late summer or early autumn. If we accept your work we will let you know which issue it will be appearing in.
Lastly, we have a new blog post up. Dr. Rob Burton, a frequent RABBLE REVIEW contributor who has appeared in many of our past issues over the years, has written an essay about the recent AI Legos and the changing landscape of propaganda in 2026: From Lego Meme War to Meme Tsunami. This is our first blog post written by a contributor. So that’s fun. Dr. Rob also wrote a much longer piece that will be linked at the end of the blog, in case you want to read more on the subject. Thank you, Rob! And to anyone who ever wants to pitch us on a blog post, please email us your pitch or the actual blog itself: [email protected]. And then we will determine if it’s a good fit for RABBLE REVIEW. You can also fill out the interest form at the bottom of our blog landing page at: https://rabblereview.com/blog
Work(s) of the Week:
The, Work of the Week, is chosen at random every Friday and featured on the site for one week (or more if I forget to change it.) Be sure to check back to see which work is featured next: https://rabblereview.com/work-of-the-week
“private banking,” by Paul Perilli
Featured in RABBLE REVIEW No.8, page 166
“Collecting,” by Reinfred Dziedzorm Addo
Featured in RABBLE REVIEW No.6, page 30
Contributor Corner
The, Contributor Corner, highlights any project that RABBLE REVIEW contributors may be working on. If you enjoyed their work in one of our past issues then we’re confident that you will enjoy their other releases. We are all working class artists, so lets support each other! The Contributor Corner is updated periodically. Check back to see what’s new: https://rabblereview.com/contributor-showcase
The Year Our Grandmothers Died by Michaela Godding
Orinoco Plains by Lorraine Caputo
Skeleton Flowers by Edward Canavan
The Year Our Grandmothers Died by Michaela Godding:
In 2024, I lost my grandmother after three long years of her battling an unnamed illness. Unfortunately, in the same year, my partner lost his grandmother as well. As we faced death together, at times in different stages, I witnessed how losing the people that raised our parents, and us, affected every bridge within and between our families. This book honors all of the heaviness, distance, intimacy, devastation, questioning and humanness that we found and faced through the love required to experience perpetual grief. LEARN MORE →
Orinoco Plains by Lorraine Caputo:
With her latest collection of travel poetry, Orinoco Plains, Lorraine Caputo invites you on a journey through the Llanos of Venezuela. This region, traversed by the mighty Orinoco River, teems with wildlife. Roseate spoonbills and black ibis, caimans and iguanas, anteaters and capybara are just some of the fauna we shall see. And we will witness the lives of the people of these plains, celebrating feast days, dancing, playing music, going to school, traveling – and those displaced from their ancestral homes. Come and enjoy the adventure! LEARN MORE →
Skeleton Flowers by Edward Canavan:
The poems are quite lyrical and appeal to the innermost heart and mind of the readers. Here we find lyrical intensity and visionary strength of the poet. LEARN MORE →
New Blog Post
From Lego Meme War to Meme Tsunami by Dr. Rob Burton
Now available on our website, RABBLE REVIEW contributor, Rob Burton, takes a closer look at the Lego AI videos and the ways in which memes are being used in propaganda and warfare.
Open Submission Call
Creative Review guest edited by RR9 contributor, Shelley Ettinger
RABBLE REVIEW No.9 contributor, Shelley Ettinger, is guest editing the Spring 2026 issue of Creative Review: “In 1968, James Baldwin famously said of the Vietnam War: every bombed village is my hometown. As we watch US bobs fall on the peoples of Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, Venezuela, and the Caribbean, we invite your best poems, prose, photos, sound, and visual art, revisiting Baldwin’s words in our time.
Deadline: May 17th, 2026
Submit via: [email protected]
Join Our Discord Server
Last month we launched our DISCORD server! Right now it’s a space to interact with RABBLE REVIEW’s editors and community members. But soon we hope to have it be a space to host workshops, movie nights, poetry readings, and more. So join today and help us build a creative community!
Donate to RABBLE REVIEW
There are new ways to support RABBLE REVIEW. You can pay what you want when downloading any issue of RABBLE REVIEW. You can also give a one time donation via our Buy Me a Coffee page, or donate on a monthly basis. You are also welcome to support us by reading and sharing RABBLE REVIEW to your friends, family, pets, enemies, etc!
That’s all for now, reader. To our contributors, regardless of whether you end up in one of our issues, we appreciate you immensely. If you end up on the receiving end of a rejection letter, we know it is not the news you would have wanted to receive. But the fact that you are creating art and sharing it with the world is something that brings me great comfort. You have a voice, no matter how badly the powerful, and ultra-wealthy, try to diminish that voice, you still have it. Please continue to hone it, iron it, and spread it throughout the world. And when we open our submission call again, we urge you to try again. And to keep writing, and creating, and sharing your work. It’s always needed, necessary, and critical. We appreciate your continued support, and your artistic expression.
Have a nice week.
Thanks for reading, reader. That’s all for now. Be sure to keep up with us on our social media. Stay safe out there.
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